I have today placed in the Library tables listing cumulative rent arrears of London boroughs, and arrears as a percentage of rent roll, for each year since 1981. The corresponding figures for earlier years are not available centrally.

Note: Large year to year changes in arrears up to 1987 may be due to changes in reporting (ie high figures may include arrears of rates or service charges). From 1987 onwards figures for rent arrears only have been estimated where necessary (indicated by *).

Cumulative rent arrears at the end of March 1986 to 1990

1986

1987

1988

1988

1990

London boroughs

Arrears

Arrears as percentage of rent roll

Arrears

Arrears as percentage of rent roll

Arrears

Arrears as percentage of rent roll

Arrears

Arrears as percentage of rent roll

Arrears

Arrears as percentage of rent roll

£ million

per cent.

£ million

per cent.

£ million

per cent.

£ million

per cent.

£ million

per cent.

Barking and Dagenham

1.20

4.90

0.70

3.00

0.80

3.20

0.80

3.20

0.70

2.70

Barnet

1.00

4.90

0.60

3.00

0.80

3.70

1.00

4.40

1.30

5.80

Bexley

0.30

2.80

0.30

2.80

0.30

3.00

0.30

3.20

0.30

2.80

Brent

11.00

63.00

6.50

38.50

*8.10

46.90

*13.70

49.00

15.80

44.60

Bromley

0.50

3.20

0.40

2.70

0.40

2.00

0.60

3.10

0.70

3.50

Camden

4.40

15.60

4.60

16.00

4.70

15.30

5.80

15.20

7.50

17.80

City of London

0.10

4.80

0.10

2.40

0.10

1.90

0.10

3.30

0.20

4.30

Croydon

1.70

8.20

1.20

5.60

1.30

6.00

1.40

5.60

1.80

6.60

Ealing

1.70

8.20

1.90

8.90

2.20

10.20

5.70

26.20

5.70

18.30

Enfield

1.00

4.80

1.10

5.70

1.20

5.10

1.70

6.50

1.00

3.50

Greenwich

2.90

10.00

3.50

12.10

4.80

15.30

5.50

14.10

8.10

18.00

Hackney

5.50

16.20

6.60

19.80

8.40

24.10

12.40

30.30

15.30

29.50

Hammersmith and Fulham

1.70

7.50

1.90

7.90

2.20

8.40

3.70

10.50

6.40

17.40

Haringey

5.60

28.50

3.20

16.50

4.10

18.80

7.20

25.60

11.90

30.30

Harrow

0.60

6.30

0.40

4.30

0.40

4.00

0.60

5.90

0.70

6.60

Havering

0.70

4.30

0.50

3.00

0.50

2.80

0.60

3.30

0.60

3.10

Hillingdon

0.50

2.50

0.40

2.30

0.50

2.50

0.50

2.80

0.60

3.00

Hounslow

0.90

4.90

1.10

5.60

1.10

5.60

1.00

4.70

1.60

5.20

Islington

6.20

18.30

6.50

19.60

9.80

27.40

13.10

28.90

6.50

12.10

Kensington and Chelsea

1.20

8.40

1.00

7.20

1.10

7.00

1.30

8.20

1.70

9.90

Kingston upon Thames

0.10

1.60

0.10

1.80

0.10

1.70

0.30

3.00

0.30

3.10

Lambeth

10.00

24.00

7.50

18.00

12.60

29.90

17.50

35.70

17.40

32.50

Lewisham

6.80

19.50

4.20

12.00

4.70

12.20

5.70

12.80

5.80

11.90

Merton

1.20

7.40

1.10

7.70

0.80

5.20

0.70

5.00

1.30

7.60

Newham

2.70

10.70

3.10

11.40

3.60

12.10

5.40

16.00

9.90

21.60

Redbridge

0.60

3.90

0.70

4.90

0.80

5.50

1.30

8.50

1.60

8.70

Richmond upon Thames

0.20

2.00

0.20

2.00

0.30

2.90

0.40

4.00

0.80

5.80

Southwark

13.40

24.40

14.70

27.80

19.00

29.30

*26.80

35.50

27.00

31.90

Sutton

0.40

2.70

0.40

2.60

0.40

3.10

0.80

5.60

0.70

4.50

Tower Hamlets

2.30

6.80

2.30

5.60

2.20

4.90

2.20

4.70

3.10

6.10

Waltham Forest

4.40

23.60

2.70

14.10

3.10

16.00

4.40

20.60

3.20

13.80

Wandsworth

2.80

6.80

2.50

5.40

2.40

5.30

3.40

6.90

3.80

8.10

Westminster

1.80

6.20

1.90

6.50

1.80

6.10

1.70

5.60

2.00

5.50

Source: Housing Subsidies and Grants: Second Advance Claim Forms.

Note: Large year to year changes in arrears up to 1987 may be due to changes in reporting (ie high figures may include arrears of rates or service charges). From 1987 onwards figures for rent arrears only have been estimated where necessary (indicated by *).